CVE-2003-0265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in SDBINST for SAP database 7.3.0.29 creates critical files with world-writable permissions before initializing the setuid bits, which allows local attackers to gain root privileges by modifying the files before the permissions are changed.

Published: 2003-05-08

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.3.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.4.3.7_beta:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0260	Race condition in SDBINST for SAP database 7.3.0.29 creates critical files with world-writable permissions before initializing the setuid bits, which allows local attackers to gain root privileges by modifying the files before the permissions are changed.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00195.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232424810097&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7421

History

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Subscriptions

Sap Sap Db

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-05-08T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:47.352Z

Reserved: 2003-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0265

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-05-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0265

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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